The City Animal Tier List 

Check out the video of the squirrel escaping the cat ambush here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bU-3U_ZgCvc.html

"Monkey socializing with humans" Tierzoo: Shows a monkey drop kicking a person to oblivion*

Cockroach player base: "Oh look, a list of amateurs."

Roaches have so much stealth that even TierZoo forgot to place them in S tier.

The city meta is also the only biome where stats like charm and persuasion can actually be used to acquire loot, just find the right human and pass a few checks and you'll have a near constant stream of XP. Too many builds are sleeping on this strategy.

Tier zoo: "supremely valuable food" Supremely valuable food: *FLOOR PIZZA*

“Generally socializing with them.” Monkey: kicks a human player. Now that’s socializing if I’ve ever seen it.

I think another hidden ability that is very useful in city biomes is cuteness or appealability toward humans. It’s best not to be seen by them, but if you are seen as cute by them you may be able to collect additional loot.

The peregrine is a surprisingly successful carnivore player in cities. They also score so highly on stealth that many human players are unaware of their presence.

When a raccoon picks locks, it’s called “smart”. But when I pick locks, I get called, “trespassing” and “going to jail”.

"racoons only live two years in cities" so raccoon gameplay strategy is literally *live fast, eat trash*

I as a crow build player would like to say that birds are great at navigating around the city biomes also bigger birds have the ability to steal high XP food from lower levels and birds can often find medium experience food spawns mostly being around high level elderly of human build, mostly higher levels are capable of taking over the spots and grinding quickly.

An excellent list! A small debuff you forgot to mention for rats is the "Innate Hatred" passive ability that many human mains are currently running. While most builds on the list don't draw aggro from humans unless they invade a human's base or directly attack one, Innate Hatred will often proc immediately when the rat's stealth even slightly fails. There are so many human mains with Innate Hatred in the Alberta level that rat builds are completely unviable there.

Coyote: * Attacks human's party members * Humans: So you have chosen ... death

“Wait, it’s all intelligence” Human : *loads gun* “Always has been”

I think the premise of tierzoo, where animals are compared to each other as if they're characters you're going to play in a game, causes TZ to underrate creatures like the pigeon. Sure, INDIVIDUAL pigeons are pretty helpless, but by those standards, high-class builds like the ant and the bee should be F-tier. With eusocial insects like them, TZ recognizes the play style of trying to make the group survive rather than the individual, but ultimately that's the play style of every build, whether we know it or not. Even if individual pigeons are easily game-overed, I can't walk a block in New York City without seeing one, something that's definitely not true of the raccoon or coyote, which are supposedly higher tier.

I think you under rated the gulls, they are very sociable and are great at bullying other players (even humans) together. Also, I was sad to see that you neglected to mention the fox. The urban fox's play style is so different from its rural cousin that many consider it a completely different build (as I understand it, the main difference is in the teeth).

"Roads... require careful strategy to traverse." Deer: *YEET*

We rat main are op. We once did a server raid and almost killed the entire European server

pigeons vastly underrated. those things are everywhere

As someone who has worked alongside them in the mountains, I'd argue the moose build belongs in high A if not S tier. While the general rule of bulk being a weakness in the city meta holds strong for the other deer builds, the moose has taken it to such a degree while pairing it with unparalleled aggression it's typically seen as more trouble to remove a moose from a given area rather then just letting them pass through. Removing them is costly, if you try to tranquilize their aggression is increased tenfold, and since their massive size makes the drug take longer than your typical animal in the city meta to fully have an effect, trying to remove them becomes a way that can lead to unnecessary casualties. Whenever a tourist would ask what can be done about the moose that set up shop in the area, the answer is almost always "nothing, just stay away" When you consider this mentality is held amongst the humans regardless of the moose having by far the highest body count against humans in the North American servers, coupled with the fact that they're able to pull this build off in even the wealthiest and most populated ski resorts where the humans have the most resources to handle the threat, it's hard to imagine the moose build being anywhere even close to F tier.

so when a monkey hits a human its called "socialising" but when i hit a human its called "assault"

I feel like the reason TZ didn’t discuss arthropod builds is because they’d be too good and take up most of the top tiers.

Other players very common on cities biomes: parrots, cockroaches, lizards, spiders, flies. Parrots are extremely smart and with relatively long lifespans, they live in city biomes that have plenty of trees with loot and can easily avoid interaction with most predators, and they also live in large groups.

I would ran the Deer build S tier in the Nara, Japan server. They are protected and fed by humans.

4:40 -shows deer taking flight -says they cant fly

Killing a cat as a coyote is like PvPing someone just under your lvl but then his friend who is a nolife grinder with broken stats comes and oneshots you from nowhere.

I know they arent on the list but cats have GOT to be my favorite build to play as. As well as good stats you can also get protection via joining a large party of other cat players or joining a human's party.

7:27 What an excellent find, the question and reply made me laugh out loud 😂😂

Old guys throwing bread to ducks at local parks are basically hackers dropping money in GTA

7:50 Doing a drive by on a hog while flying a helicopter is the most Texan thing a human player can do lmao.

The city biome is also a surprisingly good spot for many classes to use the “training” ability through areas specifically created by humans to help facilitate the use of training (in case you didn’t know what training is, certain classes with high intelligence will get a permanent stat buff when doing an action whom’s effectiveness depends on a certain stat, although the stat buff only applies to the individual player that uses training.)

Something cool I learned is the peregrine falcon was at one point heavily endangered but learned to acclimate to city terrain and fed primarily on pigeons and rats until their numbers exploded. The city buildings are even like the rocky cliffs they used to live on, like pigeons too.

Nothing will change the way you look at nature more than watching a seagull consume a rabbit whole.

*Coyote kills cat Humans: “oh so you’ve chosen death”

I would love a game to be developed where its servers of up to like a thousand people or more (if possible). And anyone can choose any animal that lives in that area, and everyone would just have to survive, they could be a bird, or a leopard. I think it would be cool to see which animals come out on top and are able to reproduce.

An advantage Monkies have in the city meta is Human relations, compared to many other animals the Monkey has a more positive representation with Humans and make them less of a target compared to rodents and Racoons. With this advantage they have less to fear in general with Humans compared to most.

Coyote: “Mm, a cat, easy target” Human owner: “So you chose death”

Woooo A tier!

Watching that seagull choke down it's food is honestly one of the funniest things I've seen.

Bro that cat at 8:30 got legitimately bamboozled and destroyed lol Also this video is amazing as usual great job!

"Squirrels have the highest arboreal mobility of any build in the game." Most insects: "We may be small but we matter darn it!"

Human mains really take care of their support mains, imagine bringing out a helicopter mount to hunt a single coyote.

5:41 As a human main, I just gotta say, the player who carried me and taught me how to play the game, yeah. She hates geese mains, they always steal her loot whether it be health restoring food, or stamina restoring food, or just normal food, they always try to take stuff from her! 😂 one time she got into an argument with one of them and she straight up said “get the hell back! Why do you steal from me?” And the goose main said “cause it’s easy” Edit: looking back at this a year later, it’s crazy

This is going to sound weird. But I know the exact picture of a crow you used to create the silhouette in the thumbnail because I've used that exact same picture as a drawing reference so I remember it perfectly. I can't find it but I remember.

"If your chilren can't fend off the feral hogs themselves, then your bloodline is too weak to continue" LMAOOO

"Monkeys combine the intelligence of a hog with the mobility of a squirrel" is a powerful statement

Rock pidgeons evolved for terrains that resemble city scapes. They're at least B tier. Definitely higher than piggy

Missing the wood pigeon, they are often seen in cities too, and they are way more competitive than the normal pigeon. They have more strength and stamina. That means they can hold their ground well enough to justify B Tier

Rat mains even have a special ability to learn how to cook, though it’s region locked for France - edit- didn’t even think about the legendary NY rat build, which if you bring from Japan can teach four young mutant turtles ninjitsu

"There are no Crocodiles in the sewer. Silly you." *Gets knocked out by a bear and pulled in a men hole.* " See! It's a bear, not a crocodile!"

Omg I had no idea how much I needed this rpg analogy of animals living in a city 😂😂😂😂

I believe that the average garden spider is a great animal in sub-urban city biomes. You get to hang around in a nice garden, build your home and get easy prey without much interference. You wouldn't have to leave your home too often unless a human or animal walks into your home, I think it is key to find a good place for your web that can keep you safe and get a good amount of food.

8:24 holy shit that squirrel is so smart. The way it kept strafing left and right to create distance and reach the tree was the only way it could've made it out safely

Ants: this is exactly why I’m the best Everyone: but they didn’t mention you Ants:exactly

9:58 I love how in the monkey part where hes saying or "just Generally socializing with them" there's a clip of a monkey just drop kicking a dude lol

1:08 I love you for this Darkest Dungeon reference

4:36 can we just talk about this deer that just went straight into space

"Intelligence is the most important stat in the city meta." Insects: lol

7:14 Good to know that Kehaar could have ENDED Fiver and Pipkin, but chose not to

9:37 City Meth Tier List

2:58 that moose is a bro for not wrecking that car.

TZ: “Supremely valuable loot” Seagulls: *Eating a supreme pizza*

I would say Peregrine falcon mains are also really strong in cities with tall buildings which where they can nest safely and also hunt from.

8:44 also the regenartive teath ability may make you damage a human mains structure, which may lead to them atacking you

Dude the animal clips are hilarious

4:39 Glad that dear flew away before it could get run over

Ravens and crows have Iron Guts. They can eat just about anything, I've seen it firsthand camping.

This is the best video I saw in the last 3 years on RU-vid. Great Work.

The city biome is so hard, that even humans struggle in this biome.

8:25 That squirrel dodging the cat was legendary

I like the way you look at both sides of this equation. I also enjoyed your use of jargon. Well done.

tierzoo is a goat like i come home from school just waiting to get on my pc and watch another one of his videos ty for being such a cool content creator!

8:26 We not gonna talk about how that squirrel completely f i n e s s e d that cat?

Never underestimate the importance of the "cuteness" quality, when living around humans it can come in clutch. Similar to how the luck mechanic works, but with a combination of the charisma metric. Can really save your skin.

imo the stray cat archetype should make this list, as it shares many similarities to the mentioned builds.

It's crazy how there's so many species and abilities and we haven't even reached other plants or even met the exratratal build yet. ✨

8:27 That cat was thoroughly outplayed.

"Rats and crows are number one" *Billions of tiny cockroach laughs in the distance*

I have seen the absolute strangest most mind boggling nature matchups that really put into perspective relative strengths/weaknesses of animal types. Watching a seagull consume a whole rabbit has me startled

Referring to feeding pigeons as drop parties is amazing 😂 i love this channel

Cows in the indian server: "HA, noobs"

6:37 coyote: attacks a single cat. Humans: peace was never an option

at first i literally thought this was a real game, but then i realized.. its not, but it would be an incredibly fun game and is an INCREDIBLE idea! Keep this up! I love watching your videos!

Turkey vultures are a very popular build in the city meta, as they have quick access to roadkill loot, which requires very low expenditures of xp to obtain. Also missing from the list: Opossum, Peregrine Falcon, and mouse.

The best joke today: The pigeons looking for Drop parties.

You forgot the most op squirrel passive ability: They're immune to fall damage

We need to start a petition to make this man make a game he’s playing with my feelings

3:30 trees* as someone who lives a bit out in the sticks, I’ve come to respect raccoons greatly. They can stand their own against a feral cat aka city panther aka satan’s spawn ( I take care of a clutter of ferals during harsh winters here- they are formidable creatures to say the least lol pure murderers), but they can climb and scale large trees I’ve seen in a few seconds. We’re talking the ones out here atleast who likely are better climbers 10 meters in a matter of seconds. Which I didn’t think was possible. The rodent or small mammals have to be the best city builds. Flight doesn’t allow for safe landing or habitual grazing street level which is where all the food is - trash, scraps, or other rodent wise. Plus I think you might be underestimating sewers as well as human littering

“Or just generally socializing with them” *knocks over human*

"Or even just generally socializing with them" Monkey: *"breaks man's back"*

This was the top related video to a scene of kicking a squirell in Baldurs Gate 3. Matchups man.

Honestly, Corvids are absolutely insane, they can adapt to basically anything so if I ever get the chance to play it, I will

As a rat main, I'm glad to see it on top of the meta once again. The pre-nerf Bubonic Plague meta was where the best the rats have ever been though.

1:07 smol animal: approaches officer human officer human: +5 stress

want to see a casual geographic X tier zoo combo

Love how you used game sprites and game sound effects on the each tier which is funny😂.

Coyote: *kills cat* Human players: "Michael... START THE GODDAMN HELICOPTER."

“They too can interface with humans with ease” *shows a crow player untying a human players shoes*

7:26 I play in a rural server and the Hog build is definitely D tier at best out here. They’re only B tier in city due to concerns of friendly fire and greater restrictions on weapons. Those things are not in issue in rural servers. In fact, a few years ago, our server had an issue with several clans of Hog players griefing our support mains and farming spots. It got so bad that the server admins declared the Hog players public enemy #1 and offered bounties for each one. Again, weapon restrictions are almost nonexistent in rural servers and the admins gave everyone a free pass to go nuts and get paid. The Hog players were gone by the end of the month.